CONSIDER THE HYPOTHETICAL GLASS, PLEASE

You know the expression that the glass is half full or half empty? In “real life,” whatever that is, full glasses are meant to become empty. Someone offers you a glass of water, seltzer, pomegranate juice, single-malt Scotch, Bosco, Amarone, Campari, iced tea . . .

But it is a valuable metaphor for perception. What do you see when you look around you? Full, half full, half empty? In extreme cases, is the glass in bits?

But back to JAZZ LIVES. My friends from near and far — people I know and those I might never see in person — have been VERY generous in helping me replace the equipment I lost. (SeeLOST, LOST II, and NICKEL if all this is unfamiliar to you.)

With friends like this, my glass can never be empty — because they will always be around to refill it. And I hope to return the favor through music and words. Every nickel — and every good wish and effusion of positive energy, every prayer — has helped a lot.

4 responses to “CONSIDER THE HYPOTHETICAL GLASS, PLEASE”

Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy – one whose enthusiasms boost the spirits of all those who meet him. Do I forgive him for taking me to that crummy whorehouse in El Paso, of course not! But, seriously, who needs this bum to tell us what’s good? Love him madly, as Duke would say.

I felt I owed you something for your wit and wisdom – but in particular for the video coverage of sessions at the Whitley Bay Party, which I’d loved to have attended in person but wasn’t able to. Your films were the next best thing. I didn’t know about Mike D’s condition at the time…